his
is the history of the Morrissey family of Montreal during their residency at
2226 Girourd Avenue—it includes family history, births and deaths, holidays at
the their country cottage, evenings playing cards, the generations of
Morrisseys who lived there, and the presence of Edith Sweeney Morrissey for
whom the door was always open for any family member who needed a place to live—from
the mid-1920s to the late 1960s. Stephen Morrissey writes, "This memoir is an addendum to my book of
poems, Girouard Avenue (2009). This
is my psychic center, this is where I began in life and where I often return in
dreams, poems, and memories."
Reviewer:
sem1956
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August 17, 2015
Subject:
Correction
I'm not perfect at uploading texts to the Internet Archive and I've made an error in the description. I don't know how to correct this. While it is substantially as it I want it to read the presentation on the page is awkward. It should read as follows:
This is the history of the Morrissey family of Montreal during their residency at 2226 Girourd Avenue—it includes family history, births and deaths, holidays at the their country cottage, evenings playing cards, the generations of Morrisseys who lived there, and the presence of Edith Sweeney Morrissey for whom the door was always open for any family member who needed a place to live—from the mid-1920s to the late 1960s. Stephen Morrissey writes, "This memoir is an addendum to my book of poems, Girouard Avenue (2009). My grandmother`s flat on Girouard Avenue is my psychic center, this is where I began in life and where I often return in dreams, poems, and memories."
